Dwayne A. Elias

Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Email:	eliasd@missouri.edu
Phone:	(573) 882-9771
Fax:	(573) 882-5635
Office:	217 Schweitzer Hall
Mailing Address:	Biochemistry 117 Schweitzer Hall University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 65211
Research Areas:	Bacterial bioremediation of radionuclides and elucidation of biochemical pathways in subsurface bacteria.

Educational Background

BSc	University of Winnipeg	Winnipeg, Canada	Biology
MSc	Univerity of Manitoba	Winnipeg, Canada	Microbial Physiology
PhD	University of Oklahoma	Norman, Okla.	Microbial Ecology

Research Description

The overarching goal of my research is to attain a better understanding of how bacteria can reduce and immobilize metals and radionuclides to more efficiently decontaminate both the surface and subsurface.

Selected Publications

Elias D. A., F. Yang, H. M. Mottaz, A. S. Belieav, and M. S. Lipton (2007) Enrichment of functional redox reactive proteins and identification by mass spectrometry results in several terminal Fe(III)-reducing candidate proteins in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 68(2):367-375.

Gorby Y.A., S. Yanina, J. S. McLean, K. M. Rosso, D. Moyles, A. Dohnalkova, T. J. Beveridge, I. Chang, B. H. Kim, K. S. Kim, D. E. Culley, S. B. Reed, M. F. Romine, D. A. Saffarini, E. A. Hill, L. Shi, D. A. Elias, D. W. Kennedy, G. Pinchuk, K. Watanabe, S. Ishii, B. Logan, K. H. Nealson, and J. K. Fredrickson. (2006) Electrically conductive bacterial nanowires produced by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 and other microorganisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103(30):11358-11363.

Shi L., M. U. Mayer, B. Chen, D. A. Elias, Y. A Gorby, S. Ni, B. H. Lower, M. J. Marshall, E. A. Hill, A. S. Beliaev, J. M. Zachara, J. K. Fredrickson and T. C. Squier. (2006) Identication and characterization of protein-interaction between OmcA and MtrC: Two decaheme c-type cytochromes of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Journal of Bacteriology. 188(13):4705-4714.

Elias D. A., M. E. Monroe, R. D. Smith, J. K. Fredrickson, and M. S. Lipton. (2006) Confirmation of the expression of a large set of conserved hypothetical proteins in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Journal of Microbiological Methods 66(2):223-233.

Fang R., D. A. Elias, M. E. Monroe, Y. Shen, M. Mcintosh, P. Wang, C. D. Goddard, S. J. Callister, R. J. Moore, Y. A. Gorby, J. N. Adkins, J. K. Fredrickson, M. S. Lipton, and R. D. Smith (2006) Differential label-free quantitative proteomics analysis of Shewanella oneidensis cultured under aerobic and sub-oxic conditions by accurate mass and time (AMT) tag approach. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 5:714-725.

Elias D. A., L. R. Krumholz, and J. M. Suflita. (2004) The periplasmic cytochrome c3 of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough is directly involved in metal but not sulfate reduction. Applied and Enivronmental Microbiology. 70(1):413-420.

Elias D. A., L. R. Krumholz, D. Wong, P. E. Long, and J. M. Suflita. (2003) Characterization of microbial activities and U-reduction in a shallow aquifer contaminated by uranium mill tailings. Microbial Ecology. 46(1):83-91.

Elias D. A., J. M. Senko, and L. R. Krumholz. (2003) A procedure for quantitation of total oxidized uranium for bioremediation studies. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 53:343-353.